Washington panchang, 1 March 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:00 Magha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:35
- 07:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:00 to 06:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:24
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 04:12 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:44
- Karana Gara until 08:43, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:44 – 11:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:35
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:59 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 04:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 21:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:54 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:39 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 08:27 Pisces
- 08:27 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 11:41 Taurus
- 11:41 – 13:59 Gemini
- 13:59 – 16:28 Cancer
- 16:28 – 18:58 Leo
- 18:58 – 21:26 Virgo
- 21:26 – 23:57 Libra
- 23:57 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:23 next day Sagittarius
- 04:23 – 05:55 next day Capricorn
- 05:55 – 06:39 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EST (UTC-5) · Method